Jar holder



Fe 4, 1936. w. F. CONNOLLY ET AL 2,029,810

JAR HOLDER Filed June 18, 1954 Patented Feb. 4, 1936 PATENT OFFICE JAR HOLDER William F. Connolly, Farley, and William F. Yeoman, Monticello, Iowa.

Application June 18, 1934, Serial No. 731,181

4 Claims.

This invention has for its object the provision of a simple, easily manipulated and inexpensive tool whereby a jar or cylindrical object may be firmly held and a cap engaged upon the neck of the jar readily loosened and removed. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and consists in certain novel features which will be hereinafter first fully described and then more particularly defined in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view showing the manner of using our improved tool.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the tool.

Figure 3 is an edge View of the same.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail section on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

In carrying out the present invention, there are provided two jar-engaging members each formed from a single strand of wire or light rod doubled upon itself midway its ends, as shown at l, and then carried upon adjacent straight lines, as shown at 2, so as to form a handle element, the straight portions 2 being preferably slightly converged as they recede from the bend I The straight portions 2 may be of any desired length and merge into arcuate portions 3 which extend laterally outward relative to the straight handle portions and are adapted to fit around a jar, bottle or like article, as will be understood upon reference to Figure 1. The arcuate jaw portions 3 terminate in upwardly and downwardly bent studs 4, respectively, which are engaged in openings provided therefor in a link or connecting member 6. This connecting link is a short channel member having the side edges of its parallel webs made concave, as shown at 1, whereby it will form approximate continuations of the curves defined by the arcuate jaws 3 so that the tool may be placed close against the article to be held, as will be understood. A plurality of the openings 5 is provided so that the jaw members may be engaged in any of the openings and thereby set closer to or farther from each other and, consequently, adjusted to fit the diameter of the article to be held. It will be understood that, if the jaws be placed at opposite sides of the article and the handle members then pressed together, the article will be firmly grasped and, if one tool be engaged around the body of the jar or other article and another tool engaged around the perimeter of a cap closing the article, the cap may be readily turned with respect to the jar and quickly removed.

It is desirable to cushion the engagement of the jaws with the jar and for this purpose we provide the cushioning pads or strips 8 of rubber or other suitable material which are engaged with the respective jaws and conform thereto so as to be disposed between the surface of the jar 5 and the inner curvatures of the jaws, as shown in Figure l. The cushioning strips are provided on their outer surfaces with longitudinal ribs 9 which are fitted between the upper and lower' strands of the jaws 3, as clearly shown in Figure 5, 10 so that the strips will be very firmly held and will not be accidentally dislodged. The strips may be fitted into the jaws by being slid endwise therein at the open ends of the jaws between the studs 4 and this manner of engaging the ribs with the jaws will partly compress the ribs, as shown in Figure 5, when the jaws are engaged in the connecting link 6, so that they will be positively held in place. These strips may be of rubber, felt, or any other material which will serve as a buffer between the jaws and the jar and thereby resist any tendency of the jar to crack from pressure applied thereto and also will frictionally engage the jar so as to hold the tool against slipping.

The tool is very simple in construction and may be produced at a low cost, may be easily manipulated, and is highly efficient for the purposes for which it is designed.

Having thus described the invention, we claim:

1. A jar holder comprising a pair of members each formed of a single strand doubled upon itself between its ends and presenting straight handle sections and arcuate jaw sections terminating in oppositely extending studs, and a link having openings to be engaged by said studs whereby the cooperating members will be connected.

2. A jar holder comprising curved jaws consisting of upper and lower wire strands terminating in oppositely extending studs, a channel connecting member having lateral webs disposed respectively above and below the ends of the jaws and provided with series of openings selectively 5 engaged by the terminal studs of the jaws, and cushioning strips fitted between the strands of the jaws, the connecting member holding the strands in gripping engagement with the strips.

3. A jar holder comprising jar gripping jaws 50 formed of resilient material and each having upper and lower strands, and a channel member having spaced webs facing inwardly one above the other, said channel member having openings in its webs, the jar engaging jaws having forward 55 ends of their strands disposed between the webs of said member and terminating in studs selectively engaged in said openings whereby said members and said jaws will be pivotally and releasably connected with the channel member.

4. A jar holder comprising similar jaws formed of spaced upper and lower strands having their forward ends free from each other, a connecting member extending between forward ends of the jaws, forward ends of the strands being adjustably mounted in pivotal engagement with said member, and cushioning strips disposed at the inner sides of the jaws and provided with ribs slid into place between the strands of the jaws from the forward ends thereof and firmly gripped thereby when the forward ends of the strands are engaged with the connecting member.

WILLIAM F. CONNOLLY. WILLIAM F. YEOMAN. 

